S. No. | CASP questions | Goldfield et al. [55] | Carrel et al.[52] | Francis et al. [60] | Sahota et al. [53] | Jiang et al. [61] | Vissers et al. [57] |
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1 | Did the study ask clearly Focussed Question? | Yes | Yes | yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2 | Was this a RCT and it is appropriate so? | Yes (Only random allocation) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
3 | Were the participants appropriately allocated to intervention and control group? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
4 | Participants, staffs and Intervention Personnel blind to participants? | No | No | No | No | No | No |
5 | Were all the participants who entered the trial are accounted for its conclusion? | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell |
6 | Were all the participants in all groups followed up and data collected? | No | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | No | No |
7 | Did the study have enough participants to minimise the chance to play? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
8 | How are the results presented and what is the main result? | SS in group treatment | SBI effective | SBI effective | SBI effective | SBI effective | SBI effective |
9 | How precise are results? | < .01 | <0.04 | SS result | Effective | <0.01 | <0.01 |
10 | Were all the outcomes considered so that result can be applied? | No | yes | Can’t tell | Yes | No (some patient lack follow up | yes |
 | Total: | 6/ 10 | 6/ 10 | 7/ 10 | 7/ 10 | 7/ 10 | 7/ 10 |